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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a barker" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person who calls out to attract attention, often seen at fairs or carnivals promoting attractions or events.
Example: "The barker stood outside the tent, enthusiastically inviting passersby to come in and see the show."
Alternatives: "a promoter" or "a pitchman".
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Ava was a listener, not a barker.
Sparano is also known as a barker.
Thrilled, he took a job as a barker there the next summer.
In return for getting 2 people to a show, a barker gets a 5-minute set.
Gunplay is a growler and a barker and consistently operates at overflow levels of energy.
Sometimes ASAP Ferg is a barker, sometimes he's velvet smooth, sometimes he's happily off kilter.
/ America, want it for all," then pause while a barker hawks T-shirts.
The whole shambolic compound feels like a Barker Ranch for young Brooklyners who are into fermentation.
Instead of looking like a sinister aristocrat, this Rothbart resembled a barker at a carnival sideshow.
And yet no one is ever that simple, especially in a Barker novel.
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She is a daughter of Sandra A. Barker and Dennis L. Barker of Succasunna, N.J.
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